diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
index 6039c0af97..b3b8269e73 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
 	export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 	export BUILDDIR
+	export V=1
 
 	autotools-utils_src_configure
 }